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It’s only senseless when people don’t take the necessary steps to keep them alive. Free ranging birds 24/7 will result in an occasional loss since legally you can’t do anything about hawks and owls. Everything else can be trapped. I keep birds totally free range. I have quite a few birds that were hatched in the woods under a hen and have been running loose for years.Lock them up solid. Fix any gaps or weak points.
Stinks losing birds.
Edited to add...
My birds are locked up. We have a lot of hawks and fox and coons and I am sure skunks.
My neighbor went from 30+ in the spring last year.....no coop no run just running around free. They have none left. I have found pieces of their young birds in the alley behind my yard. So senseless and sad.
It cannot be done with just cage and DP raccoon traps.
The folks that free range birds and then say “well losses are expected” are just lazy in my opinion.